AppFabric is a set of middleware technologies for Windows Server, developed by Microsoft. It provides features for caching, session management, and high-availability for web applications.
Caching Services
AppFabric provides an in-memory distributed cache, allowing applications to quickly access frequently used data without having to retrieve it from a database. This can significantly improve application performance and scalability.
Session Management
AppFabric also provides session state management, which helps to maintain the state of a user’s session across multiple requests. This is particularly useful for web applications, where session state is often lost between requests.
High Availability
AppFabric also provides high-availability features, such as the ability to automatically failover to another cache node in the event of a failure. This helps ensure that your applications continue to be available, even in the event of a failure.
Compatibility
AppFabric is compatible with .NET framework 4.0 and later, and can be used with a variety of programming languages and tools, including ASP.NET, WCF, and Windows PowerShell.
Features
- Caching: In-memory caching of application data for high performance and scalability.
- Session State: Provides a scalable and reliable session state management for web applications.
- Workflow Persistence: Enables durable execution of workflows, allowing them to persist beyond the lifetime of the executing host.
- Monitoring: Provides real-time monitoring of applications and services, including performance, health and availability.
- Configuration Management: Centralized management of configuration settings for applications and services.
- Scale-Out: Ability to horizontally scale out the cache and session state across multiple servers.
- Deployment: Simplified deployment of applications and services using a centralized management tool.
- Integration: Integration with other Microsoft technologies such as SharePoint and WCF.
- Security: Supports secure access to cache and session state data through integration with Windows authentication and authorization.
- Management API: Provides a comprehensive API for programmatic management and administration of AppFabric.
